Lately, we’ve seen a lot of interest in using the RoadRunner as a general purpose ROM emulator for the Bosch ME7 platform as found in ~2000-2005ish Volkwagen 1.8t and Audi 2.7t applications. This is an “off-label” application and you should NOT expect “plug and play” ease of installation. This isn’t something that we’ve played with ourselves very much, so the information we can offer is somewhat limited. This page will attempt to collect what we know in one place. • The is the principal hardware being used.

Mar 16, 2018 - Audi, Bosch, ME7.5.5. Audi, Bosch, ME7.5.X 29F400. Audi, Bosch, MED9.1. Audi, Bosch, MED9.1.1. Audi, Bosch, MED9.1.5. The VR6 GTI aperently uses the ME7 ECU which I believe is the same ecu. I think the '98s had the bosch 4.3 or 4.4 unit, the '99's were the first.

We offer an but highly encourage you to do this yourself. • The main online forum where DIY-ish activity for this platform seems to be • People seem to be using mostly (with a XDF from ) and WinOLS software. • There seems to be an endian difference between many of the ME7 files and the RR. We sell a (2.7t specific I think?) which can be used to correct this. (Or it can be done in software) • There is a “bridge” program that allows the RR to be used with WinOLS.

Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Getting Started ME7 Documentation The Funktionsrahmen (aka FR): • • Flashing utilities You need some way to read and write files to the ECU. Some options are: • The and an eBay USB VAG KKL FTDI FT232 based cable (note that a CH340 based cable will not work). Does not rely on, but will not flash bricked ECUs because bootmode support is not complete. You can also use (recent) VCDS (Ross-tech) cables with Nefmoto, but you may have to disable 'intelligent mode' in the VCDS setup dialog (intelligent mode causes the VCDS driver software to constantly poll the cable in the background, which may interfere with non VCDS apps).

For more information, see the If you want to use the RossTech cable as a standard OBDII cable on a COM port (not just USB), install. Make sure you uninstall all of their other drivers first. Also, when you upgrade VCDS, do not let it install drivers over your VCP drivers.

• and - Useful in an emergency to recover a bricked ECU. You may have to flash your ECU using for it to work if your ECU is bricked. However, it may also work w/o (unlike Galletto 1250). The most popular combination is a cheap eBay USB VAG KKL cable used with the.

However, it is good to have Galletto software and handy to rescue a 'bricked' ECU using boot mode. It is possible to make most (non-Galletto bundled) FTDI USB based cables work with the Galletto software, but it requires hex editing the executable so that the software looks for or alter the serial number stored in the cable using MProg. One downside to using a flasher is that it cannot clear the 'Error is P0601- Internal Control Module - Memory Checksum error.'

You MUST use flashing software that uses the VAG programming protocol, such as the Nefmoto flashing software, to clear this code. HOWEVER, if you don't currently have this code, bootmode flashing will not cause it, it just won't remove it.

If you plan on doing any flashing, it is strongly recommended to always have a bootmode setup available in case you brick your ECU. Tuning your ECU You will need: • A map editor • • An XDF definition file so that the map editor can locate maps. • You'll need one specific to the ECU you are using. If you wish to use a different version software than your car came with, read carefully. • for M-box (most popular). • Checksum correction • Modifying data in the ECU file will invalidate the internal checksum values.

These will need to be updated or your car will not start. • sells a €10 checksum correction plugin for TunerPro. • is a free executable that will tell you whether the checksums in a file are valid or not. It does not correct them, but if you aren't using WinOLS, you should always use it to check files before flashing them to your ECU. Granberg a g osnovi regionaljnoj ekonomiki. • - $150 - Stand alone checksums correction utility • - Open source ME7.x checker/corrector. Currently under development! Logging utilities • setzi's (pure awesome) and (even more awesome) • - note that this refers to the old 'GUI' front end (not recommended), not the newer 'VisualME7Logger' frontend linked above (recommended).